2gjj [October, 1903. 



apex. Head pale brownish cinereous. Thorax cinereous, shaded with brownish 

 fuscous. i^ore-iy»'»5'* whitish cinereous, longitudinally shaded with brownish fuscous, 

 intermixed with pale chestnut-brown ; a broadish shade extends from the base 

 along the costa nearly to the apex, a shorter shade along the disc, and a third, still 

 shorter, beneath it, extending somewhat beyond the middle of the fold, these are all 

 more or less mixed with chestnut-brown, the dorsum is sprinkled with brownish 

 fuscous, and a chestnut-brown patch runs parallel with the termen to the apex ; 

 cilia pale brownish cinereous, with patches of blackish scales along their base, and 

 two brownish fuscous shade-lines running through them, converging at the apex. 

 Exp. al. 11 — 14 mm. Hind-wings greyish ; cilia pale brownish cinereous. Abdo- 

 men dark greyish. Legs pale cinereous. 



Type, S (87702) ; ? (S770i). Mus. Wlsm. 



Rah. : SPAIN— Malaga— Malaga, 3.11— 21.III ; Larva in dry 

 seed-heads of Asteriscus mauretanicus, 1. excl. 27.1 — 2S. III. 1902 ; 

 HuELVA— Coto, 23.IV.1902; Granada— Granada, 14-17.V.1902. 

 Tweuty-seven specimens. 



The pattern of the fore-wing is confused and ill-defined, some- 

 times scarcely distinguishable in the general suffusion of mixed 

 brownish-fuscous and light chestnut brown — in short, very variable 

 in the degree of definition. 



The larvaB were extremely common in dry seed-heads of Asteriscus 

 mauretanicus., and much more easily reared than is semlnivora. 



2900 : 3. — Apodia soholastica, sp. n. 



Antennce brownish cinereous. Palpi pale cinereous, the short median joint 

 suffused externally and beneath with brownish fuscous. Head dusky cinereous. 

 Thoran whitish cinereous, suffused with brownish fuscous. Fore-iolngs whitish, 

 with a greyish tinge, sprinkled along the costal half with scattered fuscous scaling, 

 a small elongate blackish dot beneath the costa at about one-third ; along the basal 

 two-thirds of the fold, commencing near the base, runs a chestnut-brown streak 

 edged with black, followed by an elongate black spot between the fold and the cell 

 at about half the wing-length, this again is followed by an elongate rich chestnut- 

 brown patch parallel to the termen, narrowly outlined with black at its outer edge ; 

 in the dirty greyish white cilia are four or five patches of blackish scales on their 

 basal half, the two below tbe apex produced more faintly outward through the 

 outer half of the cilia. Exp. al. 11 — 12 mm. Hind-wings greyish ; cilia pale 

 brownish cinereous. Abdomen greyish fuscous. Legs pale brownish cinereous. 



Type, S (87699). Mus. Wlsm. 



Rah. : SPAIN— Cadiz— Chiclana, 22-28.11.1901. 



I met with three specimens only of this very distinct species 

 between the marshes and the pine-woods at Chiclana. 



It resembles asterisci in pattern, but is more brightly coloured, 

 and has shorter and, perhaps, more pointed wings, it is easily dis- 

 tinguished by its much more clearly defined markings, and the hind- 

 wings are broader in proportion to the fore-wings. 



